7th Manitoba Legislature
# 7th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 7th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1888. The legislature sat from August 28, 1888, to June 27, 1892.

The Liberals led by Thomas Greenway formed the government.

John Norquay served as Leader of the Opposition until his death in 1889. Rodmond Roblin was leader of the opposition from 1890 to 1892.

On March 31, 1890, the legislative assembly enacted the Public Schools Act of 1890 which removed public funding for Catholic and Protestant denominational schools and established a tax-funded non-denominational public school system. On the same date, the assembly enacted the Official Language Act, making English the sole language of records, minutes and Manitoba government laws. This removed the rights granted to French-speaking Manitobans under the Manitoba Act of 1870.

William Winram served as speaker for the assembly until his death in February 1891. Samuel Jacob Jackson succeeded Winram as speaker.

There were five sessions of the 7th Legislature:

| Session | Start | End |
| - | - | - |
| 1st | August 28, 1888 | October 16, 1888 |
| 2nd | November 8, 1888 | March 5, 1889 |
| 3rd | January 30, 1890 | March 31, 1890 |
| 4th | February 26, 1891 | April 28, 1891 |
| 5th | March 10, 1892 | April 20, 1892 |

John Christian Schultz was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1888:

| Member | Electoral district | Party |
| - | - | - |
| John Crawford | Beautiful Plains | Liberal |
| Charles Mickle | Birtle | Liberal |
| James A. Smart | Brandon City | Liberal |
| Clifford Sifton | Brandon North | Liberal |
| Herbert Graham | Brandon South | Liberal |
| Martin Jérôme | Carillon | Liberal |
| Thomas Gelley | Cartier | Liberal |
| Ernest Jameson Wood | Cypress | Conservative |
| Daniel McLean | Dennis | Liberal |
| Rodmond Roblin | Dufferin | Liberal |
| James Thomson | Emerson | Liberal |
| John Norquay | Kildonan | Conservative |
| Finlay McNaughton Young | Killarney | Liberal |
| Kenneth McKenzie | Lakeside | Liberal |
| Edward Dickson | Lansdowne | Liberal |
| William Lagimodière | La Verendrye | Liberal |
| Robert George O'Malley | Lorne | Conservative |
| William Winram | Manitou | Liberal |
| James Gillies | Minnedosa | Conservative |
| Alexander Lawrence | Morden | Liberal |
| Alphonse-Fortunat Martin | Morris | Liberal |
| Thomas Greenway | Mountain | Liberal |
| Samuel Thompson | Norfolk | Liberal |
| Joseph Martin | Portage la Prairie | Liberal |
| Samuel Jacob Jackson | Rockwood | Liberal |
| Enoch Winkler | Rosenfeldt | Liberal |
| James Fisher | Russell | Liberal |
| Frederick Colcleugh | St. Andrews | Liberal |
| Roger Marion | St. Boniface | Conservative |
| James Harrower | Shoal Lake | Liberal |
| Archibald McIntyre Campbell | Souris | Liberal |
| Thomas Henry Smith | Springfield | Independent |
| John Hettle | Turtle Mountain | Liberal |
| Thomas Lewis Morton | Westbourne | Liberal |
| Daniel Hunter McMillan | Winnipeg Centre | Liberal |
| Lyman Melvin Jones | Winnipeg North | Liberal |
| Isaac Campbell | Winnipeg South | Liberal |
| James Prendergast | Woodlands | Liberal |

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## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

| Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Winnipeg Centre | Daniel Hunter McMillan | Liberal | May 18, 1889 | D.M. Hunter ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Treasurer |
| Dennis | Daniel McLean | Liberal | September 15, 1889 | D. McLean ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary |
| Kildonan | Thomas Norquay | Conservative | February 1, 1890 | J Norquay died July 5, 1889 |
| Portage la Prairie | Joseph Martin | Liberal | March 28, 1891 | J. Martin ran for federal seat |
| Brandon North | Clifford Sifton | Liberal | August 8, 1891 | C. Sifton ran for reelection upon appointment as Attorney-General |
| Manitou | James Huston | Liberal | January 13, 1892 | W Winram died February 12, 1891 |
| Winnipeg South | John Donald Cameron | Liberal | January 13, 1892 | I Campbell ran for federal seat |

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